Last month Woodmark reached a milestone, having issued 2000+ current FSC certificates in 50 countries covering 13.9 million hectares of certified forest. We marked the occasion with a team day of tree planting on 21 March, the International Day of Forests.
Woodmark promotes responsible forest management by carrying out Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification of well managed forests throughout the world as well as Chain of Custody certification for businesses. FSC Chain of Custody certification allows companies to label their FSC products, which in turn enables consumers to identify and choose products – from copier paper to wooden tables - that support responsible forest management.
Woodmark contacted the staff at our local council’s ‘One Tree per Child’ project, a partnership group with Woodland Trust, who work to involve primary aged children in planting trees and understanding the importance of trees to us all. We spent day planting ‘whips’ (trees 2-3 years old, up to 1 metre high) in the glorious March sunshine. By the end of the day it was estimated that between the Woodmark team and the other volunteers, about 1500 trees had been planted on an approximately 4.3 hectare piece of Bristol City Council land, managed in partnership with the Woodland Trust land, on the outskirts of Bristol, UK.
Despite the muscle soreness that followed from all that digging, all Woodmark participants agreed the day was a great success. We all benefitted from a day out of the office together, enjoying and celebrating our reward for all of the team’s hard work and feeling good about contributing to the population of trees in a different way than we normally do.
For more information about the great work Woodmark carry out, follow this link: http://www.sacert.org/woodmark